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Catherine the Great and the Greek Project
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Catherine the Great's ambitious 'Greek Project' — a grand geopolitical scheme to resurrect the Byzantine Empire under her grandson Constantine. They discuss how Catherine, fresh from victories over the Ottoman Empire, planned to partition European Turkey and install a Christian ruler in Constantinople. The conversation covers the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774), Catherine's famed 'Greek Plan' with Grigory Potemkin, the founding of the city of Yekaterinoslav, and the propagandistic construction of Potemkin villages. They…
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